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"My theory is that Thomas Hunter was killed first, and then Shirlee Sherman tried to flee the home," Mois said on the stand when asked by prosecutor Brenda Beadle. He drew that conclusion based on Sherman's location in the home, saying police found her near her cleaning supplies, apparently moving toward the back door.

Hunter and Sherman were stabbed to death. Anthony Garcia is on trial, charged in their murders and two other killings from 2013.

Mois also told the jury he attended the autopsies for Hunter and Sherman, and described the murder weapons: a 5-inch knife found through the neck of Hunter and an 8-inch knife found through the neck of Sherman.

Defense attorney Jeremy Jorgenson pressed the detective on other possible theories the police had at the time of the killings.

"One of two things is true, there are two perpetrators, or one homicide happened before the other?" Joregenson asked.

"Yes," Mois replied.

Jorgenson went on to ask the detective about some of the physical evidence police collected -- shoe prints, DNA and fingerprints left around the house that didn't belong to the Hunter family.

"You would have been made aware if any of those fingerprints matched to Dr. Garcia, and they didn't," the defense lawyer asked.

"Correct," replied the detective.

Evidence collection became key with the state's next witness. Jerry Tosoni was one of three crime lab technicians who gathered evidence at the Hunter home in 2008. He's since retired.

County Attorney Don Kleine had Tosoni walk through the process off gathering evidence, taking photos, and swabbing substances investigators would later test.

Defense attorney Robert Motta Jr. tried to find inconsistencies in collection methods -- asking at one point about the latex gloves crime scene investigators used at the scene.